Railroad-tie



(No Model.)

A. J. HARTFORD.

RAILROAD TIE. No. 478,058. Patented June 28, 1892.

INVENTOR MW lfi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. HARTFORD, OF NEW'YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE RAILWAY IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,058, dated. June 28, 1892.

Application filed March 25, 1891. Serial No. 386,292. (No model) To all whom it may concern: 7 shown in Fig. 4, in which the central part E Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. HARTFORD, is somewhat more depressed than the sides of the city, county, and State of New York, F of the pocket. The clips G are simply have invented a new and useful Improvepieces of bent metal, the shape of which will ment in Railroad-Ties, of which'the followbe readily seen from the drawings. They are 55 ing is a full, true, and exact description, refheld against therail by straight bolts K, and erence being bad to the accompanying drawby the adjustment of these bolts the rail can ings. be laterally adjusted upon the tie, the oblong The form of tie which is the subject of the shape of the holes in the pocketsD enabling IO present specification has certain points of adthis adjustment to be readily made. Iprefer 6o vantage over the ties heretofore patented to to make the neck of the bolt somewhat oval me. The fastening of the rail upon the tie is in shape, so that it will be held from turndone by a straight bolt. The tie itself is of ing by the slots in the bottom of the pockets. sufficient strength, with aless weight of metal, It will be observed that this structure of clip and is better adapted to prevent creeping or and rail enables the rail to be shimed up, 65 movement both longitudinally and transif desired. In the form shown in Fig. 4 the versely than those heretofore patented to me. edges of the clip are held by the depressions The structure of my tie will be readily un- F from turning around the bolt, which in derstood from the accompanying drawings, some cases is an advantage, although in ordiin which nary cases-the combination of the clip and 70 Figure 1 represents a vertical section rail prevents any turning of the clip. through the tie and rail; Fig. 2, a plan of the What I claim as my invention, and desire tie and rail; Fig. 3, a section through Fig. 5 tosecure by Letters Patent, is on the line m :0; Fig. l, an enlarged view of l. A metal tie for railroads, having pockets some of the parts shown in Fig. 3 with the D, the bottom of said pockets being at an an- 7 5 bolt removed, showing the rail-holding clip gle to the base of the rail and below the surand rail, and also a modification of the tie; face of the tie, thereby enablinga lateral adand Fig. 5 a cross-section through the rail justment of the rail by straight bolts, suband rail-holding clips on an enlarged scale. stantially as described.

0 The tie A is preferably .made by pressing 2. In a metallic tie, a pocket D, having de- 80 I or stamping. It has the general shape clearly pressions E F, in combination with the clip G, shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The top of the tie substantially as and for the purposes deis contracted, as shown on the line y y, scribed. thereby enabling a wider flange O to be 3. The combination of the tie A, having 5 pressed at that point. This gives a greater pockets D therein,the bottom of said pockets 85 hold in the ground when the tie is in the being at an angle to the base of the rail and ballast and prevents transverse movement below the surface of the tie, and clips G, fitof the tie. The tie itself is preferably bent ting said pockets, substantially as described. down at the ends and also sunk in the mid- 4. The combination of the tie A, having 40 dle, as shown, the purpose of this being to pockets D, and rail B, the. clips G G, and 0 prevent as far as possible longitudinal mostraight bolts K, the whole enablingboth a tion of the tie, and likewise to enable the lateral and vertical adjustment of the rail B, ballast to cover the tie at a central part, if substantially as described. desired. This is an advantage in preventing In testimony whereof I have signed my displacement of the track byfreezing. Within name to this specification in the presence of 95 the tie are pressed four pockets D D. The two subscribing witnesses.

metal of the pocket operates by its flange ARTHUR J. HARTFORD. shape to strengthen the tie at the pocket Witnesses: points. The pocket may be of the shape S. O. EDMoNDs,

shown in Fig. 5, or, if desired, of the shape WVM. A. POLLOCK. 

